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Treatment Resistant Depression: Advances in Evaluation and Management (April 2025)
Overview
Registration Deadline: April 21, 2025
There is a significant unmet need for optimal assessment and management of treatment-resistant depression (TRD), which is a common and challenging clinical condition in terms of management. This course outlines the advances in the assessment and clinical management of treatment-resistant depression (TRD). This course intends to provide the learners with an array of effective treatment strategies for TRD including psychopharmacological approaches, psychotherapeutic interventions, ketamine, neuromodulation treatments including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and emerging treatments such as deep brain stimulation (DBS), psychedelics, and photobiomodulation treatments.
Course materials are available beginning April 7, 2025, and all coursework must be completed by June 21, 2025.
Pricing
Registration Deadline: April 21, 2025
Physicians and Doctoral-level Professionals: $445.00
Other Professionals: $345.00
Cancellation Policy
Refunds will be issued for cancellation requests made during the first week of the course, but an administrative fee of $25.00 will be deducted from your refund. Cancellation requests made during the second week will receive credit toward a future offering of the same course. No refunds or credits will be granted after April 21, 2025.
Q&A Schedule
Week Start Date | Date of Q&A | Time of Q&A | Faculty |
Week 1: 04/07/2025 | 04/11/2025 | 02:00 - 02:30 pm | Amit Chopra, MBBS |
Week 2: 04/14/2025 | 04/18/2025 | 09:30 - 10:00 am | David Mischoulon, MD, PhD |
Week 3: 04/21/2025 | 04/28/2025 | 9:00- -9:30 am | Lauren Fisher, PhD |
Week 4: 04/28/2025 | 04/29/2025 | 01:30 - 02:00 pm | Cristina Cusin, MD |
Week 5: 05/05/2025 | 05/08/2025 | 11:00 - 11:30 am | Joan Camprodon-Gimenez, MD, MPH |
Week 6: 05/12/2025 | 05/13/2025 | 04:30 -05:00 pm | Ananda Pandurangi, MD |
Week 7: 05/19/2025 | 05/21/2025 | 11:30 - 12:00 pm | Michael Kritzer-Cheren, MD, PhD |
Week 8: 05/26/2025 | 05/28/2025 | 11:00 - 11:30 am | Franklin King, MD |
Target Audience
This program is intended for:
- Psychiatrists
- Primary care physicians
- Family practice physicians
- Psychologists
- Nursing professionals
- Residents & fellows
- Social workers
Learning Objectives
By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Describe advances in the assessment and neurobiology of Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD).
- Analyze the evidence-based advanced medication strategies in the management of TRD.
- Assess the role of evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatments in the management of TRD.
- Assess the efficacy and safety of Ketamine and glutamatergic agents in TRD.
- Assess the efficacy, safety, and advancements in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for the management of TRD.
- Analyze the efficacy and safety of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in TRD.
- Describe the evidence supporting the role of emerging treatments (Psychedelics and Photobiomodulation) in TRD.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, the MGH Institute of Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
11.0 Psychologists
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 11.0 CE credit.
11.0 Physicians
MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
11.0 Nursing Contact Hours
MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 11.0 contact hours for nurses.
11.0 Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 11.0 clock hours for continuing education credits.
11.0 IPCE Credit
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 11.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Program
Program Agenda
Participants must complete each week sequentially and while completing all components of each week to receive credit, including:
- Activity Overview
- Video Lecture
- Reading and Resources (required and optional)
- Q&A with Faculty
- Discussion Board
- Quiz Assessment
Treatment-Resistant Depression: Advances in Evaluation and Management
- Week 1 - Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD)—Definition, Epidemiology, Neurobiology, Assessment, Staging — Dr. Amit Chopra (35 minutes)
- Week 2- Advanced Combination and Augmentation Strategies for TRD—Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Lithium, T3, Dopamine Agonists, Nutraceuticals—Dr. David Mischoulon (43 minutes)
- Week 3 -Psychotherapies for TRD: CBT, DBT, ACT—Dr. Lauren Fisher (41 minutes)
- Week 4 - Ketamine and glutamatergic agents for TRD: Dr. Cristina Cusin (29 minutes)
- Week 5 - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)- Dr. Joan Camprodon (60 minutes)
- Week 6 - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)- Dr. Ananda Pandurangi (42 minutes)
- Week 7 - Invasive Neuromodulation Treatments: (Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) - Dr. Michael. Kritzer-Cheren (17 minutes)
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) - Dr. Amit Chopra (18 minutes)
- Week 8 - Emerging Treatments for TRD- Photobiomodulation - Dr. Paolo Cassano (29 minutes)
- Psychedelics for TRD - Dr. Franklin King (34 minutes)
Faculty
Course Directors
Amit Chopra, MBBS, DFAPA
David Mischoulon, MD, PhD
Speakers
Franklin King, MD
Lauren B. Fisher, PhD
Michael Dean Kritzer-Cheren, MD
Lauren B. Fisher, PhD
Joan Camprodon, MD, MPH, PhD
Pablo Cassano, MD, PhD
Planners/Reviewers
Susan Kim, MD
Jane Pimental, MPH
Susan Sprich, PhD
Sharon Fawcett, LICSW
Elizabeth Cox, RN
Financial Disclosures:
Dr. Mischoulon is a Clinical Investigator and donated materials to Nordic Naturals and Heckel Medizintechnik GmbH and is a Clinical Rater and Director of Education for the MGH Clinical Trials Network and Institute (CTNI)
CE Information
Available Credit
- 11.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 11.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 11.00 Nursing Contact Hours
Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.
This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 11.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.
- 11.00 Social Workers
The Collaborative of NASW, Boston College, and Simmons College Schools of Social Work authorizes social work continuing education credits for courses, workshops, and educational programs that meet the criteria outlined in 258 CMR of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers
This program has been approved for 11.00 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work Authorization Number
- 11.00 Participation
This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.
Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.
- 11.00 Psychologists CE Credit
The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
This offering meets the criteria for 11.00 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.